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Most of the plants on Earth have fl owers. They are beautiful to look at and smell, but they are also important to the plant because they make seeds. Plants need seeds to reproduce, or make new plants.
The sizes, colours, and smells of fl owers are all different. Scientists call these differences adaptations.
Flowers make seeds when pollen travels from the male part of a fl ower to the female part. Insects help carry pollen from one fl ower t another. When an insect lands on a flower, pollen sticks to the insect. Then, when the insect visits another fl ower, some of the pollen falls off its body and pollinates that flower. Bees are very good at pollinating fl owers
WordList
reproduce : to make new plants or babies
adaptation : a change in a living thing that helps it live in its environment
pollen : a kind of yellow dust made by the male part of a fl owe
pollinate : to bring pollen from one fl ower to another fl ow
You Practice
I. Answer the following questions.
1) Why are fl owers important to plants
2) What are adaptations?
3) Where does pollen travel?
4) How do insects help pollinate fl owers
5) What kind of insect is good at pollinating fl owers
II. What's the word? Using the clues, write the correct words from the reading.
1) to make babies: r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) this part of a plant is very pretty: f _ _ _ _ _
3) this is a kind of yellow dust made by the male part of the fl ower p _ _ _ _ _
4) bees are a kind of this animal: i _ _ _ _ _
5) this means to live, not die: s _ _ _ _ _ _
III. Read these sentences carefully. Write Yes or No for each one.
____ 1) Only a few kinds of plants have fl owers
____ 2) Flowers look beautiful, but are not important.
____ 3) Pollen is made by the male part of the fl ower
____ 4) Pollen is sticky.
____ 5) Flowers can be many different sizes and colours.